TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Southern Bank vs Founders Federal Credit Union

Bank

Southern Bank

Spartanburg, South Carolina · $100 million – $1 billion

59of 100
Moderate

Credit union

Founders Federal Credit Union

Lancaster, South Carolina · $1 billion – $10 billion

79of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureSouthern BankFounders Federal Credit Union
TellerScore5979 (stronger)
Capital cushion3286 (stronger)
Loan quality91 (stronger)77
Earnings2477 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity84 (stronger)66
Problem-loan coverage92 (stronger)91
Peer percentile17th86th
Total assets$407.9M$5.2B
Deposits / shares$358.4M$4.4B
Capital ratio8.18%13.62% (stronger)
Problem loans0.28% (stronger)0.68%
Net charge-offs-0.03% (stronger)1.07%
Return on assets0.10%1.43% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits73.2% (stronger)94.2%
Uninsured deposits17.8%11.4% (stronger)
Offices428
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)25.0%26.2%

Founders Federal Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (79 vs 59). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Southern Bank leads on 3 and Founders Federal Credit Union on 4. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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